Faculty Profile

Martha S. Grayson, M.D.

Professional Interests

Martha S. Grayson, MD. received her MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed the Residency Program in Social Internal Medicine at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. She completed the Michigan State University Primary Care Faculty Development Fellowship Program in 1992-1993 and the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Fellowship for Women at MCP in 2002. Dr. Grayson served as the Chief of General Internal Medicine at two hospitals, Metropolitan Hospital and Saint Vincent's Hospital – both in Manhattan. She was the first Associate Dean for Primary Care at New York Medical College and later went on to become Vice Dean for Medical Education. She was the PI for several grants which focused on training medical students, residents and community physicians in the fundamental competencies needed for the practice of high quality primary care.

Dr. Grayson returned to Einstein in December, 2009, and serves as the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and as Professor of Clinical Medicine . Since her arrival Dr. Grayson has introduced some significant changes in both the structure of the Office of Medical Education and the delivery of the medical education curriculum. Chief among these accomplishments have been the organization of the Medical Education Council (MEC), the introduction of the Einstein Medical Education Database (eMED) learning management system, the creation of the scholarly concentration program (SOAR), oversight of the development and implementation of a new set of educational competencies, and chair of the team designing the new Education Center.

Dr. Grayson's research interests include analyzing factors which determine medical student career choice, and on the assessment of educational programs.

LL Chang, MS Grayson, PA Patrick: Incorporating the Fourth Year of MedicalS chool into an Internal Medicine Residency: Effect of an Accelerated Program on Performance Outcomes and Career Choice, Teaching and Learning in Medicine; Vol. 16(4), Fall, 2004, 361-364

DA Newton and MS Grayson: Trends in Career Choice by US Medical School Graduates, JAMA, Vol 290 (9), September 3, 2003, p. 1179-1182

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Media Coverage

Less than a quarter of internal medicine residents plan to stay in primary care, reports a US News & World Report article quoting Dr. Martha Grayson.

U.S. News & World Report features research by Dr. Martha Grayson that found debt deters med students from entering primary care.